dadel

Danish

Noun

dadel c (singular definite dadlen, plural indefinite dadler)

1. date (fruit)
   • 2014, Mikael Bitsch, Søren Lange, Kirsten Skaarup, Catharina Rosendal, Det helbredende køkken, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:

     Hjemme kan du forkæle dig selv med en lækker sød ret ved at blende en pære med en dadel.

     At home, you may spoil yourself with a delicious sweet dish by blending a pear with a date.

   • 2015, Lynne Graham, Natasha Oakley, En uventet opgave/Drømmen om sheiken, Förlaget Harlequin AB, →ISBN:

     Bahiyaa rakte ud efter en dadel med en kraftigt hennatatoveret hånd, og Polly fulgte hendes eksempel. Kontrasten mellem den bitre kaffe og den søde, saftige dadel var himmelsk.

     Bahiyaa reached for a date with a heavily henna-tattooed hand, and Polly followed her example. The contrast between the bitter coffee and the sweet, juicy date was heavenly.

2. (dated) chastisement, rebuke
   • 1867, Tidskrift for philologi og paedagogik, page 202:

     Er dette nu en Ros eller en Dadel?

     Is this now a commendation or a rebuke?

   • 1872, Forhandlingerne paa det første Nordiske juristmøde i Kjøbenhavn, den 22de-24de august 1872, page 129:

     Fremdeles skal jeg sige, at det har forbauset mig, at nogen Svensk har kunnet opfatte saadanne Ytringer som en Dadel;

     Further, I must say, that I am astounded, that any Swede has been able to interpret such statements as chastisement.

   • 1846, Povl Frederik BARFOD, Gjengældelsens Bog. En Del Aktstykker, samlede og udgivne af F. Barfod, page 24:

     Men da nu den sande Berettigelse til enhver politisk Udvikling ligger i Intelligensen og den intellectuelle Dannelse, i Individernes Erkjendelse af deres partielle Rettigheder i Forhold til det Hele, kan det umulig være en absolut Dadel, naar man fremhæver Ruslands politiske Umyndighed i Forhold til det øvrige Europa's; thi mangler den sande Berettigelse til Opnaaelsen af et gode, laster man ei den, i hvis Magt det staaer at skænke hint Gode, naar man siger, at han ei har givet det. Udtalelsen af, at dette mangler, er en beklagende Yttring af et vitterligt og constateret Factum. Saaledes skal det da heller ei være en Dadel, men Udtalelse af en sandhed, Nutiden bevidner og Efterslægtens Historieskrivere i de skarpeste Udtryk ville gjentage, at der hviler et tungt Aag over hint Rige:...

     But since the true justification of any political development lies in the intelligence and the intellectual education, in the individuals' acknowledgement of their partial rights relative to the entirety, it may impossibly be an absolute chastisement, when one notes the political immaturity compared to that of the rest of Europe; for if the true justification to the achievement of some good is lacking, one does not chastise the one in whose power it is to give that good, when one says, that he has not given it. The declaration that this lacks, is a regretful expression of an actual and established fact. Thus it shall not be a chastisement, but a statement of truth which the present witnesses and which the writers of history of later times will repeat in the sharpest expressions; that there lies a heavy lid on that kingdom:...

3. (slang, chiefly plural) testicle
   • 2015, James Dashner, Maze Runner - Infernoet: Maze Runner 2, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:

     Man risikerer en albue i ansigtet, måske et spark i dadlerne.

     You risk an elbow in the face, perhaps a kick in the nuts.

Inflection

Declension of dadel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dadel	dadlen	dadler	dadlerne
genitive	dadels	dadlens	dadlers	dadlernes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dadele. Ultimately from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos), with the sense “date” probably deriving from a Semitic language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːdəl/

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• Hyphenation: da‧del
• Rhymes: -aːdəl

Noun

dadel f or m (plural dadels, diminutive dadeltje n)

1. date (fruit)

   Ik eet elke dag een dadel voor energie. ― I eat a date every day for energy.

   Deze doos bevat vijftig dadels. ― This box contains fifty dates.

   Het dadeltje was zoet en sappig. ― The little date was sweet and juicy.

Noun

dadel m (plural dadels, diminutive dadeltje n)

1. date palm

   Synonyms: dadelboom, dadelpalm

   De dadel groeit goed in woestijnklimaten. ― The date palm thrives well in desert climates.

   De oase was omringd door dadels. ― The oasis was surrounded by date palms.

   Dat kleine dadeltje zal snel groeien. ― That little date palm will grow quickly.

Derived terms

• dadelboom
• dadelkern
• dadelkoek
• dadelpalm
• dadelpit
• dadelvrucht
• dadelwijn

 

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: dader

Limburgish

Noun

dadel f

1. Veldeke spelling of Daade̩l

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹dadɛl/, /¹dɑːdɛl/

Noun

dadel c

1. date (fruit of the date palm)

Declension

Declension of dadel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dadel	dadels
	definite	dadeln	dadelns
plural	indefinite	dadlar	dadlars
	definite	dadlarna	dadlarnas

References

• dadel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dadel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dadel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• delad